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The Barton County Commission Monday morning approved a supplement to the county's federal-aid fund exchange master agreement with the Kansas Department of Transportation. The agreement allows the exchange of the county's annual allotment of federal road and bridge funds for state funds.

Barton County Office Buildings will be closed Monday, Feb. 19, in observance of Presidents Day. The Records Division of the Sheriff's Office and the Health Department will also be closed. The Landfill will close at 11 a.m. that day. Emergency services will be in normal operation.

The Barton Community College Board of Trustees will review tuition and fees when it meets for a study session at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13, in Room F-30 of the Fine Arts Building. Other topics on the agenda include the January financial statement, spring board retreat, nursing program report, board self-evaluation, policy manual review and the Gramm Leach Bliley Act on cybersecurity.

An emotional Denise Rankin pleaded with Barton County Commissioners Monday morning to take action against County Attorney Amy Mellor and her assistant Douglas Matthews, alleging their office had bungled the case against her ex-husband, Jeffrey Allen Rankin, alleging he molested her children.

Like the tip of an iceberg, the portion of the interest that you and Google can see is a small portion of a larger structure. Experts estimate that the general public can see around 1 to 4 percent of the internet, according to Charles Perkins, Barton Community College's expert on cyber attacks.

Tickets for the Great Bend High School Hall of Fame luncheon honoring 2017 inductees Larry Becker and James Calcara are on sale in the Activities Office at the high school. The luncheon is scheduled for 11:45 a.m. Friday, Feb. 23 at Stoneridge Country Club.

It was the kind of day that the "Cat in the Hat" liked to visit "Sally" and her brother. Cold and miserable, with nothing to do. But for many Great Bend kids, The DARE day out at the Great Bend Events Center provided a welcome outlet for pent-up energy for kids ages 3-12, with many inflatables and bounce houses for running, jumping and climbing on. The activity was free and open to children accompanied by their parents from 1-5 p.. Saturday.

It was the kind of day that the "Cat in the Hat" liked to visit "Sally" and her brother. Cold and miserable, with nothing to do. But for many Great Bend kids, The DARE day out at the Great Bend Events Center provided a welcome outlet for pent-up energy for kids ages 3-12, with many inflatables and bounce houses for running, jumping and climbing on. The activity was free and open to children accompanied by their parents from 1-5 p.. Saturday.

The most in-depth drowsy driving research ever conducted in the U.S. using footage of everyday drivers found that the percentage of crashes involving drowsiness is nearly eight times higher than federal estimates indicate, according to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety.

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), a senior member of the Senate Finance Committee and Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today said the Bipartisan Budget Act avoids a government shutdown, boosts funding for the military, contains disaster assistance for states hard hit by natural disasters, improves livestock disaster programs and contains several important healthcare provisions.

The Pilot Club of Great Bend is sponsoring an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Workshop set for Saturday, April 7, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Barton Community College in the Fine Arts building in Great Bend. The event is open to the public. Teachers and families in Kansas, and especially western Kansas, affected by autism are encouraged to attend.